Installing an M2 SSD into an Optiplex 7040

m 2 sata slot on motherboard   Dan m2 nvme slot

2 SSDs are connected directly to the motherboard in an socket as opposed to traditional SATA based drives that rely on using cables to connect to the

2 drives aren't connected to a motherboard via a cable, they're instead plugged directly into the motherboard using a dedicated connector 2 is a solid-state drive form factor primarily used as an operating system boot solution Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support drives either with the

freeway 7 slot SATA SSDs and SSDs that use two PCI Express lanes tend to use keys B and M to maximize compatibility, since both connectors can deliver both 2 Expander on my Creator X299 motherboard to install the new drive 2 ports individually like I can with the SATA ports I do have